KFBD Sports For Tuesday June 14

THE BASEBALL COACHES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HAVE SPOKEN, THEN VOTED, AND RELEASED THE CLASSES 1 THRU 6 ALL STATE BASEBALL TEAMS….
HERE ARE SOME OF ONE’S SELECTED.

FROM CLASS 1, AND STATE CHAMPION ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS, 7 MEMBERS MADE ALL STATE…
BROCK LUCAS WAS FIRST TEAM PITCHER, JACE KESEL WAS FIRST TEAM CATCHER.
CALEB OLIGSCHLAGER MADE 1ST TEAM INFIELD WHILE LEVI HOLTMEYER WAS 2ND TEAM INFIELD….
NOAH CHIPMAN OF THE HORNETS WAS 1ST TEAM OUTFIELD, GAVIN WILLIAMS WAS 2ND TEAM OUTFIELD AND ISSAC GREEN MADE 2ND TEAM DH-UTILITY..
A GOOD REPRESENTION FOR THE STATE CHAMPS.

NORWOOD’S GARRET DeVAULT WAS 2ND TEAM PITCHER IN CLASS 1…..
JONATHAN LEIB OF CALVARY LUTHERAN WAS 1ST TEAM INFIELD…

CLASS 2, AND A FEW FRISCO LEAGUERS FROM ROCKTOWN MAKE ALL STATE.
STATE CHAMP RUSSELLVILLE GOT LOGAN CINOTTO FIRST TEAM PITCHER…
TANNER ALEXANDER OF IBERIA WAS HONORABLE MENTION PITCHER…
JAKE SHULTE OF RUSSELLVILLE WAS 1ST TEAM CATCHER.
CATCHER HONORABLE MENTION WENT TO GAINESVILLE’S JAKE LEEKER…
KADEN ROWDEN OF IBERIA WAS 2ND TEAM INFIELD, AND THE RANGERS JADIN ROWDEN WAS HONORABLE MENTION INFIELD AS WAS TREVOR JORDON OF NEW BLOOMFIELD..
DH-UTILITY FIRST TEAM WENT TO RUSSELLVILLE’S CHARLIE MILLER AND EUGENE’S TYLER WRENN..
JESSE DANIEL OF RUSSELLVILLE WAS HONORABLE MENTION DH-UTILITY….

ANOTHER FRISCO LEAGUER MAKES THE CLASS 3 ALL STATE TEAM FROM LICKING…
RUSTY BUCKNER MADE 2ND TEAM DH-UTILITY….
HOUSTON HAD 2 MAKE ALL STATE.
GARYN HALL WAS A FIRST TEAM INFIELDER, WYATT HUGHES, HONORABLE MENTION DH-UTILITY.
HARTVILLE’S BRODY McNEIL WAS FIRST TEAM DH-UTILITY….
STEELVILLE HAD A PAIR MAKE ALL STATE.
CARSON MULLEN, 2ND TEAM PITCHER, AND LANDON MABE HONORABLE MENTION INFIELD…..
STATE CHAMP FATHER TOLTON HAD 5 ALL STATERS..

IN CLASS 5, SEVERAL FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE MADE ALL STATE..
2ND TEAM PITCHER, JACOB HOUSE OF GLENDALE, AND HONORABLE MENTION PITCHER, MITCH OROZCO (OA-OZ-COH) FROM CAMDENTON.

2ND TEAM CATCHER TANK SIMS OF WEST PLAINS.

INFIELD FIRST TEAM,, KAM DURNIN OF CAMDENTON, AND BROOKS KETTERING OF GLENDALE.
HONORABLE MENTION INFIELD WENT TO SIMON YOAKUM OF ROLLA AND PEYTON COOPER OF WEST PLAINS..

OUTFIELD 2ND TEAM, SEBASTIAN NORMAN OF GLENDALE, AND NELSON HOOVER OF WEST PLAINS…

OUTFIELD HONORABLE MENTION, BRET YARGER OF ROLLA AND CONNER MILLER OF CAMDENTON.

DH-UTILITY, 2ND TEAM, KADE DURNIN OF CAMDENTON..

KICKAPOO AND LEBANON FROM THE O.C. HAD MEMBERS ON THE CLASS 6 TEAM….
NOAH WILKERSON OF THE CHIEFS WAS 2ND TEAM CATCHER…EVAN VIENAGE (VEE-EN-AH-GEE) OF KICKAPOO WAS HONORABLE MENTION INFIELD, AND ZACK
STEWART FROM LEBANON WAS 2ND TEAM OUTFIELD…..

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MISSOURI STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION OPENED UP REQUEST PROPOSALS TO HOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS, AND NOW WE WAIT TO SEE IF ANY CHANGES WILL BE MADE…

OPENED FOR PROPOSALS WERE THE BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – BOYS & GIRLS, 2023-24 THROUGH 2027-28…THIS HAS BEEN HELD AT THE JQH ARENA AND HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, AND BEFORE THAT, AT THE MIZZOU ARENA AND HEARNES CENTER IN COLUMBIA…..WITH 6 CLASSES, AND THE FINAL 4 IN EACH CLASS, PROPOSALS PROBABLY WILL NEED TWO COURTS, AND LIKE SPRINGFIELD AND COLUMBIA, PRETTY MUCH SIDE BY SIDE EACH OTHER…

ALSO UP FOR A CHANGE IN VENU, THE VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – GIRLS 2023-24 THROUGH 2027-28 WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE SHOW ME CENTER IN CAPE GIRARDEAU FOR YEARS….

THE BOYS AND GIRLS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS –2024-25 THROUGH 2028-29 WHICH FOR YEARS HAS BEEN AT THE MIZZOU ARENA……

THE CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – BOYS & GIRLS 2024-25 THROUGH 2028-29 WHICH HAD AND MAY STILL BE AT THE GANS CROSS COUNTRY COURSE IN COLUMBIA…
PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS HELD IN JEFFERSON CITY……

THE NEW PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED….IT’S VERY POSSIBLE THOSE EVENTS WILL STAY WHERE THEY ARE, BUT MEESHA DOES OPEN THE DOOR FOR OTHER SITES AROUND THE STATE, BUT MANY REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET FOR CHANGE…..

THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN IN COLUMBIA, SPRINGFIELD AND ST. LOUIS…

THE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIOPS HAVE GONE FROM COLUMBIA, TO O’FALLON TO OZARK OVER THE PAST 10 OR 15 YEARS…..

THE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE MOVED FROM ST. LOUIS TO BLUE SPRINGS IN KANSAS CITY, BACK TO ST. LOUIS…

THE MSHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FESTIVALS ATTRACT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS, AND GENERATE DIRECT TOURISM OF SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE HOST COMMUNITIES.

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KODY HUFF HIT A GRAND SLAM AND NO. 2 NATIONAL SEED STANFORD BEAT UCONN 10-5 IN GAME 3 OF THEIR NCAA BASEBALL SUPER REGIONAL ON MONDAY TO MOVE ON TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. STANFORD GRABBED THE 7TH SPOT ON THE BRACKET….

THE FINAL SPOT WAS CLAIMED LATE MONDAY BY THE NO. 14 AUBURN TIGERS, WHO TOPPED THE NO. 3 SEED OREGON STATE BEAVERS 4-3 IN THE CORVALLIS SUPER REGIONAL.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES STARTS FRIDAY….
HALF THE FIELD IS FROM THE S.E.C. SO THE NOTION IT’S A FOOTBALL CONFERENCE IS DE-BUNKED…
FRIDAY, TEXAS A&M TAKES ON OKLAHOMA, WHILE TEXAS MEETS NOTRE DAME…

SATURDAY, STANFORD GETS ARKANAS, WHILE AUBURN AND OLE MISS, TWO S.E.C. SQUADS SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, THIS TIME ON THE BIG STAGE IN OMAHA NEBRASKA AT CHARLES SCHWAUB FIELD, HOME OF THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES….

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A GREAT COMEBACK FOR THE REDBIRDS AND THEY DID IT AT HOME……

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THE SPRINGBIRDS OPEN UP A 6 GAME SERIES WITH CORPUS CHRISTY TONIGHT AT HAMMONS FIELD IN TEH QUEEN CITY….

 

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KANSAS CITY
ALEX WOOD PITCHED FOUR-HIT BALL IN SIX INNINGS MONDAY NIGHT FOR HIS FIRST WIN IN MORE THAN A MONTH, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BEAT THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS 6-2…

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18 BOSTON TURNOVERS RESULTED IN 22 GOLDEN STATE POINTS IN A GAME DECIDED BY 10, 104-94, AND THE WARRIORS TAKE A 3 GAMES TO 2 LEAD OVER THE CELTICS IN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS…….